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In what he called an “ultimatum,” Ihn Yo-han, chief of the ruling People Power Party’s (PPP) innovation committee, demanded on Thursday the right to nominate its candidates for the April 10 general elections, saying he would wait for an answer by Dec. 4.
On Sep. 15, 1950, some 260 naval ships and 70,000 troops of the U.S.-led United Nations forces alongside South Korean troops landed on Incheon s coast, west of Seoul, in a bold counteroffensive against North Korea s invasion.
South Korean president-elect Yoon Seok-youl has had a relatively short career in politics, but his policy vision sheds some light on how military relations with the U.S. may shape up during his five-year term.